07/25/2022 The Thicket – Maraschino and the Story of the Empty Basket

July 25, 2022

WHEN: 07/25/2022
QIC: Bump Draft
PAX: Dewater, Quicken, Catskill, Paper Jam, Bright Idea, and Turkey Jerky
ME HEADCOUNT: 7
EC HEADCOUNT: 3

I intentionally grabbed this Q to honor my good friends Quicken and Maraschino. Maraschino and I came into Churham about the same time, and Quicken began getting seriously involved in F3 at around that time too (although I believe Quicken pre-dated both of us). We found out this morning that Quicken graduated from the University of Georgia while most of us were still sleeping on rubber sheets. Maraschino, of course, is OOT. I'm not one to create rumors but his previous 2022 trips have been to Juarez, Dubai, Bogota, Lagos, and Asheville. You make the connection.

To represent Maraschino I brought an empty Harris Teeter grocery basket that my wife stole from our local HT. It will be returned. Quicken was required to carry the basket the entire workout as a symbolic gesture. Here's the empty basket, Maraschino, as your burden. This symbolic gesture may have been the greatest of my life.

Warm-up: Ricky Bobby to basketball courts; I played Rocky Top because Tennessee generally dominates Georgia football and basketball and most other athletic events. We SSH'd and candlestick'd to the Osborne Brother's Rocky Top. We then Ricky Bobby'd and stopped occasionally to perform 14 merkins to represent No. 20 Tennessee's upset of No. 14 Georgia in 1992. Quicken was already working on retirement by 1992.

We worked our way back to the park and performed a series of exercises representing Maraschino's real alma mater, the University of Rochester.
Rochester University football record for 2021 3 wins, 7 losses (similar to Georgia's record)

3 two-pump burpees, bear crawl up hill; 6 surrender squats IC for Rochester's 1893 win over Syracuse 6-0; and 7 absolutions for 7 2021 losses; do this four times; We could not remember a significant accomplishment of Georgia football in the previous decade, unless we're talking about the Mark Richt era. Various PAX counted. Bright Idea recalled that Georgia is also known to be home to Jimmy Carter. The PAX were silent and then burst into laughter. I don't know why.

We ran back to the AO to play what may have been the first ever game of touch football at The Thicket. We were skins and blouses. Paper Jam was the QB for both teams. The blouses won by a touchdown as Catskill made the winning catch after giving Bright Idea an offensive nurple. We had a blast!

NOR: Quicken ably represented Maraschino on video as a 29-year-old basket. I am now working to rename Maraschino 'Baskets.'

Highlights: Bright Idea made a triumphant return to The Thicket. He is known for his wry sense of humor. We also remembered his sister-in-law who passed last year. Pray for Bright Idea's family as they seek justice in her case. Thanks to Maraschino and Quicken for keeping The Thicket fun. I will greatly miss their leadership. The shovel flag will be passed next week.